New Zealand driver Shane van Gisbergen will be a permanent fixture on the 2025 Nascar Cup Series grid, with Trackhouse Racing expanding its operations next season to accommodate a third car.
Van Gisbergen has made waves on the American scene after joining Trackhouse. Race for a unique project in 2023, competing in the inaugural event at the Chicago Street Course. Van Gisbergen won the race, becoming the seventh driver to win in his Nascar debut and the first to do so since 1963.
This became a second opportunity with the team, with Van Gisbergen earning another top finish 10, and made the Nascar truck series debut later that year. His performances brought a lot of attention to the three-time Supercars champion, and he joined Trackhouse Racing for 2024 on a part-time basis with the three domestic Nascar series as part of a development agreement with the team, while running a part-time schedule full with Kaulig Racing in the Nascar Xfinity Series. For 2025, the 35-year-old will join Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez on the team’s Cup Series roster. “That’s what I’ve planned and I’m ready,” van Gisbergen said. “I know there’s a hard learning curve ahead, but the best way to learn is to go out and I do. I feel like I’ve made progress competing in the Xfinity Series this year with Kaulig Racing and I can’t Thank you very much everyone. I am looking forward to the Cup Series.
These drivers and teams are the best in the world and it will be an honor to be part of their race.
“Trackhouse Racing founder and owner Justin Marks said adding a third car to the grid for 2025 was a big step for the organization.”It’s also a big step forward for Shane, who tried. his luck with Trackhouse Racing, he moved here from New Zealand and now joins the most competitive stock car racing series in the world.
Everyone will have the opportunity to see one of the superstars of the auto racing world compete in the Nascar Cup Series next year.
“Van Gisbergen Secures Full-Time NASCAR Cup Series Ride for 2025”
